The Sherwin-Williams Company Privacy Policy

Your right to privacy is very important. The Sherwin-Williams Company
("Sherwin-Williams") recognizes that when you choose to provide
us with information about yourself, you trust us to act responsibly. That's
why we have prepared this Privacy Policy to describe the types of personal
and non-personal information we collect through our various Web sites
(collectively, "Web Sites"), how we use such information, and
to whom and under what circumstances we disclose such information. Below
is a summary of our Privacy Policy. By using our Web Sites, you signify
your assent to this Privacy Policy and to the Web Sites' Terms of Use.
If you do not agree to the terms of this Privacy Policy or our Web Sites'
Terms of Use, please do not use our Web Sites.

What information do we collect?

Personal Information
In general, Sherwin-Williams collects personal information from you when
you voluntarily provide it to us by (1) registering on any of our Web
Sites; (2) signing up to enter a promotion, participate in an event or
survey, receive newsletters or other literature; (3) making product, project,
or service inquiries; and (4) contacting us (including our webmaster,
customer service representatives, or other employees) by e-mail. In connection
with these activities, we may collect personal information from you, including,
but not limited to, your name, physical address, e-mail address, age,
gender, telephone number, fax number, user name and/or password associated
with the use of any of our Web Sites or web portal(s), occupation, company
name, name of position within company, whether you are a Sherwin-Williams
customer, your primary field of expertise, the type of product you are
seeking, the type of project you are or will be working on, the time frame
for starting your project, where you typically shop for paint and coatings
products, the number of paint/coatings products you purchased in the past
year, how you heard about Sherwin-Williams, and other demographic information.

Non-personal information
As part of the standard operation of our Web Sites, we may collect/obtain
certain non-personal information from you including, but not limited to,
your browser type (e.g., Netscape or Internet Explorer), operating system
(e.g., Windows or Macintosh), Internet service provider, IP address, web
sites visited, and the domain name from which you accessed the Web Sites
(e.g., yahoo.com).

In addition, we may collect information about your browsing behavior,
such as the date and time you visit our Web Sites, the areas or pages
of our Web Sites that you visit, the amount of time spent viewing our
Web Sites, the number of times you return to our Web Sites, and other
click-stream data. We may use cookies to collect this information, which
may be combined with your personal information. A cookie is a small text
file that may be stored on the hard drive of your computer which enable
us to recognize your computer when you return to our Web Sites.

You are always free to decline cookies, but in doing so you may not be
able to use certain features on our Web Sites. The "help" segment
of the toolbar on most browsers explains how to configure a browser to
not accept new cookies, how to have the browser inform a user when they
receive a new cookie, and how to erase cookies from a computer's hard
drive.

We may use web beacons to assist us in understanding how visitors to our
Web Sites use such sites and/or to collect information regarding users
activities on the web. We may utilize the services of a third party to
collect such information for us.

How do we use your information?
We may use the information we collect from you for any of the following
purposes: (1) to facilitate your use of our Web Sites and better understand
your needs; (2) to fulfill your requests for information about certain
products, services, and projects; (3) to send you information, promotional
materials, and offers from our company as well as from our subsidiaries
and affiliates; (4) to contact visitors to our Web Sites when necessary;
(5) to help address problems with our Web Sites; (6) to administer our
Web Sites; (7) to conduct internal reviews of our Web Sites (e.g., to
determine the number of visitors to specific pages within the site); (8)
to help us better understand visitors' use of our Web Sites; (9) to protect
the security or integrity of our Web Sites; and (10) for such other purposes
provided in this Privacy Policy. Non-personal information will be used
for these purposes as well to monitor our Web Sites and provide a greater
online experience for our visitors.

Will we disclose information we collect from you?
Sherwin-Williams may transfer or otherwise disclose information collected
from you to the following entities for the following purposes: (1) to
Sherwin-Williams' employees, independent contractors, subsidiaries, affiliates,
consultants, business associates, service providers, and suppliers, if
the disclosure will enable that entity to perform a business, professional,
or technical support function for Sherwin-Williams; (2) to employees,
independent contractors, service providers, and suppliers of Sherwin-Williams
to fulfill a product or service request; and (3) to respond to judicial
process and provide information to law enforcement agencies or in connection
with an investigation on matters related to public safety, as permitted
by law. In addition, we may disclose such information to our third party
marketing or service providers who may use such information in their business
operations or who may contact you with information they feel may be useful
to you. By browsing any of our Web Sites, you consent to your receipt
from us and/or from any of our third party marketing or service providers
of information and data we believe may be of interest to you.

Do we collect information from children?
We do not direct our Web Sites to, nor do we knowingly collect any personal
information from, children under the age of 13.

Does this Privacy Policy cover practices on third party web sites?
Our Web Sites may contain links to other third party Web sites (such as
those of our marketing partners), which may have privacy policies that
differ from our own. We are not responsible for the activities and practices
that take place on these Web sites. Accordingly, we recommend that you
review the privacy policy posted on any Web site that you may access through
our Web Sites.

What happens to your information in the event of unforeseen circumstances?
In the event that Sherwin-Williams or any of its assets are acquired by
a third party, personal information acquired by us may be one of the assets
transferred.

Will there be changes to this Privacy Policy in the future?
We reserve the right, at our discretion, to change, modify, add, or remove
portions of this Privacy Policy at any time. We recommend that you revisit
this Privacy Policy periodically to ensure that you are aware of our current
privacy practices. Your continued use of our services following any changes
signifies your acceptance of these changes.

Can I access my information?
If you would like to access or change any contact information you have
provided to us, please contact us.

How can I contact Sherwin-Williams?
If you have questions or concerns about this Privacy Policy, you can
contact us.